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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the dog in "The Dog and The Sparrow"?

2. What breaks Snow White's sleeping spell?

3. What is "The Willow-Wren and the Bear" a story of?

4. In "The Juniper Tree," what present does the bird give to Marlene?

5. What does Thumbling not end up inside?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss Gretel's character in Clever Gretel.

2. What is the similarity between The Singing, Soaring Lark, and The King of the Golden Mountain?

3. Briefly discuss the moral of the Story of a Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was.

4. What is the moral of The Three Little Birds?

5. Although Snow-White is usually told as a fairy tale to entertain little girls, what is the lesson of Little Snow-White?

6. Discuss the differences between the two tales of The Wedding of Mrs. Fox and how each portrays Mr. and Mrs. Fox.

7. What is the irony in The Water-Nixie?

8. What is the lesson in The Raven?

9. The Louse and the Flea and Clever Hans both use different story-telling styles than many of the other fairy tales. What techniques do they use?

10. Why is The Robber Bridegroom considered a dark tale?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Princesses in fairy tales are abundant. Discuss what a typical fairy tale princess is like. What are the social norms that a princess must follow? What are her physical attributes? What behavioral codes do these princesses follow? Compare and contrast the different princesses in the Grimm brother's tales. Analyze the different princesses and then compare the fairy tale idea of a princess to what a princess means in today's society. Use specific examples to support your claims.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the idea of beauty in fairy tales. What is beauty? How is it portrayed in the fairy tales? What do the fairy tales say about beauty? What perceptions about beauty do the fairy tales express to society and does society follow these perceptions? Use specific examples to support your claims.

Essay Topic 3

The idea of good winning over evil is persistent in several stories, novels, and movies today and throughout the years. The idea that good will prevail despite hardship is also prevalent in several fairy tales. Discuss the general notion of what it means for good to preside over evil. What defines the idea of good? What actions and types of characters are generally seen as good? What defines the idea of evil? What actions and types of characters are generally seen as evil? Which fairy tales exemplify this idea? Use specific examples to support each point.

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